C. Wesley Roberts

Charles Wesley Roberts (14 December 1902-9 April 1976) was Chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1953, succeeding Arthur E. Summerfield and preceding Leonard W. Hall.

Biography
Charles Wesley Roberts was born in Oskaloosa, Kansas on 14 December 1902 to a family of newspaper publishers. Roberts became a successful businessman and Republican Party official, and he was elected Chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1953 under Dwight D. Eisenhower. After four months, it was reported that he collected a $10,000 commission on the sale of a hospital to the state which the state had already owned, and he resigned as RNC chair. His son Pat Roberts would go on to become a Kansas senator.